12:24 AM,
Feb. 21, 2013

Former OCS standout Mark Laird is making an impact for LSU on the baseball diamond instead of the football gridiron.

Written by

Glenn Guilbeau
gguilbeau@gannett.com

BATON ROUGE - LSU freshman outfielder Mark Laird made three catches Saturday that a wide receiver would be proud of.

There was one against the wall in right-center field. He dove into the grass in right field for another one. But his best was when he broke a tackle by the fence in the right field foul area to make a catch in the bullpen.

"I was just going for the ball," he said like a wide receiver might. ...